Art Rock Show – S.E.I. (Week 50)

Het is al een tijdje geleden dat de Italiaanse band La Maschera di Cera, een nieuw album uitbracht. Fabio Zuffanti is de drijvende kracht achter de band en iemand die muzikaal nooit stil zit.

Prog Archives review: “Rock Progressivo Italiano is my favourite prog rock genre and La Maschera Di Cera is my favourite RPI band. So when I have heard about this new album from them I was more excited than ever. And my expectation were highly rewarded. Although this new release is very different from their last release (Le Porte Del Domani) in terms of structure, SEI is equally good and rewarding.

There are only three songs but epic ones, regarding the lenght, the shorter one being 10 minutes long and the first is about 22 minutes long.… Read more...

Art Rock Show – Take a Closer Look (Week 49)

Deze week brengen we Osiris, een van Bahrein’s meest populaire bands in de jaren tachtig. De laatste plaat dateert ook al weer van tien jaar geleden. Prog Archives review: “This is probably more of a straightforward neo/symphonic album than those released during their halcyon days, but what might be lacking in the ethnicity department is more than compensated by their fervor for the prog rock that is as much a part of who they are. Cautiously I want to say that this sounds like it could have appeared after “Myths and Legends”, but that would be minimizing the impact of the last 30 years of prog revival. So, while comparisons to CAMEL, ELOY, FM, SAGA and even KANSAS still resonate, I also hear kinship with the grandchildren of that generation like CLEPSYDRA and TEMPUS FUGIT.… Read more...

Art Rock Show – Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic – Cenozoic (Week 48)

Het Duitse prog & post-metal collectief The Ocean heeft een nieuw plaat uit. En wat voor een. Met Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic – Cenozoic laat de groep z’n meest progressieve, experimentele kant zien.

Brian Masso van Sonic Perspectives: “Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic is a mesmerizing, innovative, experimental, and groundbreaking record that ranks as the best album recorded by The Ocean.

Despite continuing the paleontology theme portrayed on “  

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Art Rock Show – Polysomn (Week 47)

De Finse band ‘Kairon; IRSE!’ blijft indruk maken met hun sublieme combinatie van post-, progressieve en psychedelische rock. Vijftig minuten van sublieme muziek, meer kan een mens niet verwachten in dit leven…

Anoop Bhat van Echoes and Dust: “Anoop Bhat van Echoes and Dust: “Riding on the incredible success of their last album and their much-lauded appearance at the 2018 edition of Roadburn – Kairon;IRSE!, the psychedelic-rock quartet from Seinäjoki (Finland) are back with a brand new album. Led by Oranssi Pazuzu’s Niko Lehdontie, the band has remained at the forefront of the European psychedelic music scene with two solid full-length albums under their belt, Polysomn being their third musical effort. (…)

Polysomn sees the band pendulum back to their Ujubasajuba days. They subject that same explosive energy to a seemingly elevated process of song-writing.… Read more...